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1!Trivia tropes for ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan''
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4* [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/TheSpectacularSpiderMan What Could Have Been]]
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7* AccidentalDownerEnding: Despite many Spider-Man fans considering this show to have the best depiction of Peter Parker ever put on TV, [[ScrewedByTheLawyers the show was canceled after its second season due to contract issues with]] Creator/{{Disney}}. Once Disney had the rights to put Spider-Man on TV, they chose to let ''Spectacular'' die. As such, the series ends on a [[BittersweetEnding bittersweet and sad note]]: Spider-Man defeated the Goblin (now revealed to be Norman Osborn) and kept everyone safe, but this causes Harry to hate Spider-Man, who's wracked in guilt over killing Norman and leaving Harry without a father. Even worse, Peter's personal life is now at its lowest point as, along with said guilt, his friendship with Harry is very likely strained due to both his newfound hatred of Spidey and Harry manipulating Gwen into staying with him upon learning of her and Peter's feelings for one another. Eddie Brock is still in prison, and Black Cat hates Spidey for making her father stay in prison by guilt tripping him. Oh, and Peter and Liz's relationship ends on a painful note and it's likely that she will hate him once more. In short, Peter is mostly alone. Meanwhile, due to Curt being blackmailed by Miles Warren, the Connors are forced to leave the lab and relocate to Florida, leaving the lab to Warren, whom they don't trust, and the last scene reveals that Norman [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated somehow survived the explosion]] as he boards a plane and will very likely continue his evil doing. WordOfGod released a list of things [[WhatCouldHaveBeen that would have made it into the show]], including the introduction of the Carnage symbiote, the death of Captain Stacy, Mary Jane and Peter becoming a couple, etc.
8* ActorAllusion:
9** In the episode "First Steps," the Sandman is obsessed with getting his "big score." The same actor voiced Bender in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', including the movie ''Bender's Big Score''. He even uses a similar voice for both characters.
10** This wasn't [[WesternAnimation/ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera the first time]] that Creator/GreyDeLisle and Alanna Ubach were best friends.
11* AllStarCast: In voice actor terms at least. We have Creator/JoshKeaton as Spider-Man, Creator/LaceyChabert as Gwen Stacy, Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor as Harry Osborn, Creator/ClancyBrown as Captain George Stacy and the Rhino, Creator/SteveBlum as the Green Goblin, Creator/DeeBradleyBaker as Curt Connors, Creator/KathSoucie as Martha Connors, Creator/MiguelFerrer as Silvermane, Creator/TriciaHelfer as Black Cat, Creator/JohnDiMaggio as Hammerhead and Sandman, Creator/EdAsner as Uncle Ben, Creator/KeithDavid (and eventually Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson) as Tombstone, and Creator/JamesRemar as Walter Hardy, just to name a few.
12* ChannelHop: Moved to Creator/DisneyXD from [[Creator/KidsWB CW4Kids]] in March 2009. Interestingly, that's around six months before Disney's purchase of Marvel outright (August), and nine before that deal's completion (December).
13* ContestWinnerCameo: There was an advertised contest for a given school to appear in a future episode. Appeared in "Gangland".
14* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: The episode summares on [=iTunes=] and Disney+ get an embarrassing number of details about the series wrong:
15** Several of the summaries for Season 1 -- such as those for "Market Forces" and "Catalyst" -- confuse Tombstone (L. Thompson Lincoln) with the Kingpin (Wilson Fisk) -- who Tombstone admittedly ''is'' a substitute for. Season 2's summaries correct this.
16** [=iTunes=]' summary for "Market Forces" mentions the Human Torch, who doesn't appear in the series at all.
17* TheDanza: Creator/StanLee as Stan the Dockworker.
18* DawsonCasting: To put it in perspective, Curt Connors' son is the only young character to be voiced by someone roughly his own age.
19* ExecutiveMeddling:
20** The original plan was to create extra material for each episode, then use it to edit each Story Arc into a movie for the DVD releases. But only the first arc was released like this before Sony switched to just plain episodes on DVD, leaving extra footage we might not ever see.
21** On a more positive note, Sony was pretty hands off during the production of the show with the only stipulation that the staff had to recreate some scenes from the movies during the fights (hence why some shots look familiar). This ended up working out though as it help foster familiarity for fans of the movies. Plus it was pretty cool seeing them animated in a different context.
22* GodDoesNotOwnThisWorld: Creator/GregWeisman repeatedly reiterates on social media that it is not up to him on whether or not the show can be rebooted.
23* TheOtherDarrin:
24** After the first episode, Keith David is replaced with Kevin Michael Richardson [[note]] doing a rather spot-on impression of David [[/note]] in the role of Tombstone.
25** In the Enforcers' debut, Creator/ClancyBrown did Ox's grunts, but when the Enforcers returned in season two and Ox actually speaks, he was voiced by Creator/DannyTrejo.
26* The Robber was voiced by Jim Cummings in season 1, and Creator/JamesRemar in season 2.
27* OutOfHolidayEpisode: While ''The Uncertainty Principle'' and ''Nature Vs. Nurture'' being the series episodes for [[HalloweenEpisode Halloween]] and [[ThanksgivingEpisode Thanksgiving]], both episodes aired six months prior their respective holidays.
28* OutOfOrder: Not only does the Creator/DisneyPlus release of the show put every episode as one 26-episode season, but it also puts "First Steps", the fifth episode of season 2, after "Final Curtain".
29* PlayingAgainstType:
30** Creator/ClancyBrown is known more often as a man who plays [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] type characters, or outright amoral ones. Here he plays [[TheBrute the brutish]] [[DumbMuscle Rhino]] and Captain [[TheCommissionerGordon George]] [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Stacy]].
31** Creator/KellyHu, who usually plays {{Action Girl}}s ({{dark|Action Girl}} or otherwise), voices average high-school student Sha Shan Nguyen.
32** Creator/BenDiskin, who usually plays heroes, voices the villainous and psychotic Venom.
33** Creator/SteveBlum normally voices calm characters with lower voices. Here, he voices the loud, scenery-chewing and high-pitched Green Goblin.
34* RoleReprise
35** Creator/DeeBradleyBaker reprises his role from the first Creator/{{Activision}} [[VideoGame/SpiderMan2000 Spider-Man]] game and [[VideoGame/SpiderMan2EnterElectro its sequel]] as Curt Connors/Lizard.
36** Creator/BillFagerbakke reprises his role from ''Ride/TheAmazingAdventuresOfSpiderMan'' as Morris Bench, albeit pre-Hydro-Man.
37** In the French dub, Harry Osborn, Flash Thompson, and Doctor Octopus are voiced by Creator/PhilippeValmont, Marc Saez, and Gabriel Le Doze respectively, reprising their roles from the Film/SpiderManTrilogy. Saez also voiced Flash in the French dub of ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries''.
38** The Latin American Dub has almost the entire dub cast used for the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'' reprise their respective roles. Such as: Creator/LuisDanielRamirez as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Creator/JesseConde as Norman Osborn, Creator/HumbertoSolorzano as J. Jonah Jameson, Angela Villanueva as Aunt May, Creator/XochitlUgarte as Gwen Stacy and Creator/RaulAnaya as Flint Marko/Sandman.
39* ScrewedByTheLawyers: After Creator/{{Disney}}'s purchase of Creator/MarvelComics, Creator/{{Sony}} was forced to give up the broadcasting rights of airing ''Spider-Man'' TV shows during negotiations to keep their film rights. Rather than drafting up a new contract to continue the production of ''Spectacular Spider-Man'', Marvel and Disney decided to just go forward with a new show (''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider|Man2012}}-Man'') instead.
40* ShortRunInPeru: Canada aired the entire second season before the US even started on it. And then Disney put it on hiatus midway through…
41* SpoiledByTheCastList: An eagle-eyed viewer can instantly learn who the Master Planner is by watching the credits carefully and seeing that [[spoiler:Creator/PeterMacNicol]] voices them.
42* WordOfGod:
43** Mark Allen is [[CompositeCharacter Mark Raxton and Bennett Brant]].
44** In regards to the other Marvel superheroes:
45*** The Avengers don't exist but the Fantastic Four do.
46*** [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] is considered a myth while ComicBook/AntMan does exist but is unknown to the public.
47*** Tony Stark hasn't become ComicBook/IronMan yet since he didn't get injured.
48*** [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] hasn't found Mjölnir.
49*** ComicBook/CaptainAmerica is still frozen.
50*** Professor X is just beginning to set up his school with his first couple of students, and the general public doesn't know about the existence of mutants.
51*** Doctor Strange is probably still in Tibet.
52*** Matt Murdock hasn't yet become Daredevil.
53*** Hawkeye is still a mere carnival performer.
54*** Black Widow is still a Russian spy.
55*** Frank Castle's family hasn't yet been killed.
56*** Marc Spector hasn't yet become Moon Knight.

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